Ah, the mixtape. Dating as far back as the early days of cassette tapes, the mixtape was a way for folks to compile their favorite songs into one spot. Today, that concept has evolved into mp3 playlists and similar things, but no matter how much the technology changes, the end result remains the same. After [...]
“Big guys. Small gloves. Someone will fall.” That is the slogan on the back of the “UFC: Ultimate Heavyweights” DVD, and that accurately describes the promotion’s HW division. From the old school legends like Mark Coleman, Don Frye, and Tank Abbott, to the champions of modern times like Shane Carwin, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brock Lesnar, [...]
Former UFC champion Randy “The Natural” Couture spoke with LayzieTheSavage from Middle Easy this past weekend, and had some big news for us. When asked if there is a chance that he would set foot in the octagon again, Randy confidently said no, and as simple as that he is once again retired, and probably [...]
Once friends, now bitter enemies, former UFC champions Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz waged intense battles inside and out of the Octagon. “UFC: Bad Blood – Liddell vs. Ortiz” by Anchor Bay Entertainment gives an all access look at the epic feud forged in heated competition over the [...]
Round 5 President Damon Lau announces an all-new line of collectible figures, UFC Titans, the latest brand extension of Round 5’s incredibly popular UFC license. “For the last 3 years, we have had a great time working on our Ultimate Collector Series and the complementary UFC Live and UFC Versus collections. We are incredibly excited [...]
Welcome to another edition of the Friday Link Club. This week, UFC 135 begins to pick up steam, insane MMA fans show off their tats, Chris Lytle considering politics, and an openly gay female fighter lets her voice be heard. Plus, a photo of Will Ferrell and Cain Velasquez hanging out at UCLA. Photo courtesy [...]
UFC 129 was the biggest live event in the history of the UFC, with a record-setting crowd of over 55,000 packing into the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. With two titles on the line, as well as the career of the legendary Randy Couture, and a stacked card that pitted American talent against Canadians in [...]
“The Expendables” was a box office smash, decapitating its competitors, drinking their blood, and urinating on their mangled corpses. Due to the popularity of that film, the sequel is on the way and we have the details of what you can look forward to. At the Cannes Film Festival, a poster popped up which Den [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); At the “Beat the Streets” wrestling gala fundraiser last week in Times Square, The Fight Nerd caught up with Jeff Blatnick. Blatnick won the NCAA Division II heavyweight wrestling championships in 1978 and 1979 and an Olympic gold in 1984. He was also a commentator along with Bruce Beck in the golden days of [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); At the “Beat the Streets” wrestling gala fundraiser last week in Times Square, The Fight Nerd caught up with a true American hero, Dan Gable. He is famous for having only lost one match in his entire Iowa State University collegiate career—his last, and winning gold at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany [...]
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